Today in the year 1449, the last emperor of the Romans was crowned in the small town of Mystras in Greece, far away from the ...

Constantine is remembered as a visionary — the Christian emperor who united Rome and built a new capital in the East. But ...

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

The driver, later identified as Francisco Roman Escobar, fled the scene without offering assistance or reporting the accident ...

The Vatican is betting an iPod beats "Shush!" in lowering the tour guide noise level in basilicas.It will even lend you one for free to try to ...

A Roman gold treasure found in Denmark reveals secret links between a Viking village and the elites of Europe.

With no confirmation of Jesus' birth and no mention of Christmas itself in the Bible, you may be wondering how the holiday ...

With no confirmation of Jesus' birth and no mention of Christmas itself in the Bible, you may be wondering how the holiday ...

Christmas is celebrated on December 25 due to a mix of theology, symbolism, and historical context, not a single pagan ...

In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine received a vision from God: if he embraced Christianity he would win. His ...